CULTURE AND SPORT

The opening ceremony of the 2019 Bai Dinh Pagoda festival was held in Gia Sinh commune, Gia Vien district, the northern province of Ninh Binh on February 10 (the sixth day of the Lunar New Year).

An exhibition showcasing contemporary art works created from waste opened in Da Lat city, the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong on February 8.

Five paintings attributed to Adolf Hitler will be auctioned off Saturday in the German city of Nuremberg, sparking anger that the Nazi memorabilia market is alive and well.

Pop star Thanh Thao will perform in California, the US, at a show for fans celebrating her 25-year career.

Central midfielder Luong Xuan Truong has arrived in Thailand to sign a contract with the country’s Buriram United Football Club.

Vietnamese midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai has won the vote for the best goal at Asian Cup 2019.

Vietnamese football will take part in various international playgrounds in 2019, including tournaments at the Southeast Asian, Asian and World Cup levels.

Park Hang Seo, the Korean head coach of the Vietnamese national football team, has been appointed as ambassador for his native Sancheong county in Gyeongsang province, the Republic of Korea (RoK).

The northern province of Bắc Giang will host a Culture - Tourism Week from February 14 to 20 with a theme ‘Discover Sacred Land in Tây Yên Tử’.

Vietnam aims for achievements in SEA Games 2019 and Olympics 2020.

Tennis player Thái Sơn Kwiatkowski, ATP world rank 275, will become a naturalised Vietnamese citizen to take part in the Southeast Asian Games later this year.

Have you ever attended a pig race like the one held regularly in Cần Thơ City?

Authorities in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien will implement a plan to promote the recognition of xoe Thai dance as a UNESCO intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

The Vietnam men’s national football team has climbed one place from 100th to 99th in the latest FIFA rankings thanks to their excellent results at the Asian Cup 2019, according to the website Footy Rankings.

Nearly 500 artefacts recovered from sunken vessels dating from the 15th to 18th century are being displayed at the Vietnam National Museum of History.

A Vietnamese comedy being shown in cinemas nationwide during Tết (the Lunar New Year) holiday is expected to do well at the box office.

Vietnamese chess player Le Quang Liem recently got 7 points after 10 matches, a performance which placed him sixth on the rankings at Gibraltar Masters Chess Festival 2019 and receiving a bonus of US$2,200 in prize money.

A springtime festival, themed “Colours of spring from every corner of the country”, will be held from February 12 to 13 (the eighth to ninth day of the first lunar month) at the Vietnamese Ethnic Groups Culture-Tourism Village in

Miss Universe Vietnam 2017 H'Hen Nie has been named among Top 10 Miss Grand Slam as announced by Global Beauties.